NOTE awarded prestigious assignment from Philips Healthcare

After an extensive evaluation process, NOTE has been appointed as the
manufacturing partner to Philips Mammography Solutions. The division of Philips
Healthcare has announced a re-organization of its operations in Solna, Sweden,
and has decided to outsource a large part of its in-house electronics assembly
to NOTE’s plant in Norrtälje, Sweden. This transfer will use several of NOTE
Norrtelje’s capabilities, for example complex assembly in a clean room
environment, which involves testing.
Philips Mammography Solutions develops and manufactures Philips MicroDose, a
Full-Field Digital Mammography Unit (FFDM), which is proven to be a powerful
diagnostic tool for the early detection of breast cancer. The partnership will
centre on the MicroDose detector unit, a complex module which later assembles
into the MicroDose modality that offers excellent image quality and high
throughput in a low-dose system.
"We went into the supplier selection process with limited experience of NOTE,
but were immediately impressed by the culture, people and the top-class
capabilities at their facility in Norrtälje. This was also confirmed through our
formal audit process. NOTE will be a partner that can give us the engineering
and manufacturing support we need, combined with flexibility and geographical
proximity. We see a clear, consistent theme in NOTE’s values, working methods
and communication, from management to the factory floor, and this makes us feel
secure", commented Ivan Davegårdh, Senior Manager Operations at Philips
Mammography Solutions.
"We’re really delighted and proud that Philips has chosen us as their new
Strategic Partner to the reorganization of Philips Mammography in competition
with their already existing suppliers. The partnership fits perfectly, Philips
is a customer with high standards, and that is what we like the most", responded
Henrik Nygren, CFO and acting President and CEO of NOTE.
"Our strengthened capabilities and ISO 13485 certification continues to pay
off", concluded Martin Gutberg, Managing Director, NOTE in Norrtälje.
For more information, please contact:
Henrik Nygren, CFO and acting President and CEO of NOTE, tel. +46 (0)8 568
99003, +46 (0)70 977 0686
Martin Gutberg, Managing Director of NOTE Norrtelje AB, +46 (0)176 794 70, +46
(0)70 878 8039
Ivan Davegårdh, Senior Manager Operations at Philips Mammography Solutions, tel.
+46 (0)70 508 3939
About NOTE
NOTE is one of the leading Northern European manufacturing and logistics
partners for production of electronics-based products. NOTE produces PCBAs, sub
-assemblies and box build products. NOTE's offering covers the whole product
lifecycle, from design to after-sales. NOTE has a presence in Sweden, Norway,
Finland, the UK, Estonia and China. Net sales in the last 12 months were SEK 1
064 million; the group has approximately 960 employees. NOTE is listed on Nasdaq
Stockholm. For more information, please go to www.note.eu.
About Philips Healthcare
At Philips, we are dedicated to delivering innovation that matters to our
customers and the patients they serve. We do this by developing innovative
solutions across the continuum of care in partnership with clinicians and our
customers to improve patient outcomes, provide more and better value, and expand
access to care. Philips is one of the world’s leading healthcare companies
(based on sales) along with General Electric and Siemens. The United States, our
largest market, represented 40% of Healthcare’s global sales in 2013, followed
by China, Japan and Germany. Growth geographies accounted for 25% of Healthcare
sales.
NOTE AB (publ) discloses the information provided herein pursuant to the
Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication on 15
December 2015 at 8:30 a.m.